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Pete McCann: Most Folks

Read "Most Folks" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 25, 2006

Guitarist Pete McCann's third album, Most Folks, continues his his varied approach to the instrument. After two exciting albums for Palmetto Records, McCann has moved over to the Brooklyn-based OmniTone label, known for cutting-edge jazz. On his previous albums, McCann showed his influences in Bill Frisell and John Scofield and played in number of formats, including ...

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Pete McCann: Most Folks

Read "Most Folks" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
June 7, 2006

Pete McCann is a versatile guitarist with a daunting list of sideman credits: Kenny Wheeler, Maria Schneider, Dave Liebman, Kenny Garrett and many others. Most Folks is his third date as leader. As an artistic statement, it's organized around the notion of sketches, portraits and tributes to “folks" whose lives have intersected with McCann's.

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Pete McCann: Most Folks

Read "Most Folks" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
May 19, 2006

Pete McCann confesses to a love of music from several different streams which influenced him as he was growing. The guitarist opens up a few of those influences on Most Folks with a skill which reveals him to be not only a good listener, but also a writer with the ability to build a striking composition ...

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Pete McCann: Most Folks

Read "Most Folks" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
May 18, 2006

Pete McCann, a ridiculously versatile guitarist, takes his varied interests to extremes on this Omnitone debut. McCann's third album as a leader is his most diverse collection of songs yet. He explains his stylistically unbound aesthetic this way: “I like music; I like all different types of jazz.... I love it all. I don't like to ...

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Art and Architecture

By Pete Mills

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Dot Com, Seven Shades of Blue, In Walked Bud, Spin Dri, Chelsea Bridge, April Tune, Pumpkin Shoes, Remembrances, Clubfoot, Isfahan.

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You Remind Me Of Someone

By Pete McCann

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Knew Blues; You Remind Me Of Someone; Pollock; Falling Grace; Mr. Fritters; Inquisition; I Love You; Letting Go; Ornery; The Patriot.

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Pete McCann: You Remind Me Of Someone

by Todd S. Jenkins
January 1, 2001

Guitarist Pete McCann has gathered a beautiful assortment of songs and assembled one heck of a choice quartet to interpret them on this admirable disc. McCann is a big-eared, big-toned player who has served quality time with the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Bobby Previte, John Patitucci, Kenny Wheeler and other modern jazz stars. He and bassist John ...

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You Remind Me Of Someone

By Pete McCann

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2000

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Parable

By Pete McCann

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 1999

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Pete McCann: Parable

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

What is it with these unassuming, clean cut looking guys like Bill Frisell and Pete McCann? They can churn out blistering, Hendrix-like guitar licks and “out-rock” most of those thin, longhaired rock stars yet, render smooth, articulate and at times difficult jazz motifs. Pete McCann is among the new breed of jazz guitarists who demonstrate this ...